20% beds in designated private Covid hospitals to be filled through 108 ambulance: AMC

Gandhinagar: The Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) today announced a decision to reserve 20 per cent beds, combined total 1,000 beds in all designated Covid19 private hospitals in the city as AMC quota, to be filled through ‘108’ emergency ambulance service in the interest of increasing beds availability for lower income citizens for treatment.

This was informed by Officer on Special Duty (OSD) Dr. Rajiv Kumar Gupta.

No private designated hospital within AMC limit is permitted to charge above the ceiling rates of respective category. Any denial of admission to any patient for want of payment of any advances or otherwise by any private hospital designated as covid hospital with availability of beds in hand shall be deemed as grave offence with serious penal consequences which may lead to cancelation of hospital registration and other legal actions under The Epidemic Disease Act, 1897 and The Gujarat Epidemic Regulation 2020, the AMC order reads.

Long queues of ambulances outside the govt run covid hospital in Ahmedabad. This has been a regular feature recently. A staffer said it takes hours for admission in hospital. Ambulances can't go to other calls. Waiting period depends on availibility of vacant beds inside. pic.twitter.com/B3sJ21BURa

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